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Django's Recordings
Django recordings for this tune. Uploader dates and take labels remain source claims; only an evidenced exact association enables a row’s Listen control.
1 historical recording entries · source text preserved
Entry
Year
Recording / session / release evidence
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1935
I Get A Kick Out Of You,CPT2143-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 303, Classics 727, EMI Jazz Time 789604-2",17/6/35 - Paris - Patrick Et Son Orchestre featuring Django Reinhardt (g).
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A dash means no video has been associated with this exact historical recording. Tune-level listening resources remain available above.
History & Listening
This Porter song reached the stage in Anything Goes in 1934. The archive documents Django with an orchestra in June 1935; the proposed intro study is deliberately separate from a complete solo recreation.
Tune details
Music: Cole Porter
Words: Cole Porter
Source-attributed publication / composition: 1934
Original key: Not established
Study level: Intermediate; transcribe one short opening gesture
Melody & head
A phrasing study in pickups, anticipation and the difference between an introduction and a full chorus.
The proposed Swinging With Django clip covers the introduction only; it must not be mistaken for a complete solo.
Study the inherited Django recording evidence
A phrasing study in pickups, anticipation and the difference between an introduction and a full chorus.
Session evidence
I Get A Kick Out Of You,CPT2143-1 ,"Fremeaux FA 303, Classics 727, EMI Jazz Time 789604-2",17/6/35 - Paris - Patrick Et Son Orchestre featuring Django Reinhardt (g).
Build a phrase map from the chosen vocal or instrumental chorus before adding substitutions. Identify where a phrase delays its resolution rather than treating every two bars as a self-contained cadence. Check the video key before playing with the chart.
Chart & Form
Build a phrase map from the chosen vocal or instrumental chorus before adding substitutions. Identify where a phrase delays its resolution rather than treating every two bars as a self-contained cadence.
A complete chord chart has not yet been verified. The exercises are editorial listening and practice suggestions, not a replacement score.
No readable chord chart has been added for this title.
3m36s · Video available when checked; creator-described attribution.
Creator-provided play-along; instrumentation and feel vary by selection. Check the key and full arrangement before joining in; the guide chart may use another key.
Build a phrase map from the chosen vocal or instrumental chorus before adding substitutions. Identify where a phrase delays its resolution rather than treating every two bars as a self-contained cadence.
Sing the destination note before connecting it to the preceding chord.
Pitch choices
Begin with the named chord tones. Add passing notes only after the melody and cadence are secure.
Transcribe one short opening gesture. Keep its ending fixed while moving its pickup by half a beat, then compare the result with the source.
Comping & voicings
Keep the accompaniment quieter than the pickup. Use a compact shell and avoid answering every gap in the lead line.
Voicing note sets
Keep the accompaniment quieter than the pickup. Use a compact shell and avoid answering every gap in the lead line.
Keep the accompaniment clear
First establish an even pulse; add rhythmic variation only when the melody leaves space.
The proposed Swinging With Django clip covers the introduction only; it must not be mistaken for a complete solo.
Intro-only study; not a complete Django solo recreation.
Practice room
80–120 bpm, then increase gradually
Your assignment
Transcribe one short opening gesture. Keep its ending fixed while moving its pickup by half a beat, then compare the result with the source.
Loop these changes
Transcribe one short opening gesture. Keep its ending fixed while moving its pickup by half a beat, then compare the result with the source.
Metronome
Count quarter notes first. Then place the click on beats 2 and 4 at half the click rate, keeping the phrase length unchanged.
Transposition
Move one short cadence to a nearby key by naming its chord tones, then return to the chosen study key.
At the session
Confirm the chosen arrangement key; Confirm the complete form. Agree the arrangement, pickup and ending before counting in.
Start together
Count a clear tempo and use the final cadence of the agreed arrangement.
Finish together
Cue the final tonic together; agree any tag before starting.
The proposed Swinging With Django clip covers the introduction only; it must not be mistaken for a complete solo.
The proposed Swinging With Django clip covers the introduction only; it must not be mistaken for a complete solo.
Arranging the tune
Solo guitar
Keep the melody uppermost and begin with a single bass note under each harmony. Keep the accompaniment quieter than the pickup. Use a compact shell and avoid answering every gap in the lead line.
Trio or larger group
Keep the accompaniment quieter than the pickup. Use a compact shell and avoid answering every gap in the lead line.
Vocal considerations
Choose a comfortable singing key and transpose the accompaniment as a whole; lyrics are not reproduced here.
Sources & credits
This player guide combines inherited recording evidence and editorial study notes. Musical study notes are editorial suggestions; compare them with the recording.
Source-attributed credits and historical context; not an exact take mapping.
Inherited Djangopedia chart and recording evidence
Existing chart and discographic rows; retained as inherited evidence.
Illustration credit & provenance
Original AI-assisted illustration created for Djangopedia
Original AI-assisted editorial artwork inspired by the tune’s mood. It does not depict a documented historical event.
Generated with the native image-generation tool on 2026-10-18; original editorial artwork, not a historical photograph.
Prompt: Original 1536x1024 horizontal 3:2 editorial serigraph for the jazz tune i get a kick out of you. A jaunty anonymous guitarist on a small stage, a tilted champagne glass on a side table and sweeping rhythmic ribbons; no literal letters. Match the Stage 6C visual vocabulary: bold simplified angular silhouettes, asymmetrical negative space, flat limited ink palette of ochre, coral, deep navy and ivory, rough ink edges, tactile paper grain, restrained whimsical mid-century shapes. Handmade silk-screen print, crisp graphic design, no gradients, no photorealism, no text or lettering, no border. Entirely original scene, no claim of historical event. Keep all heads and musical instruments inside frame.
Research & rights notes
Exact YouTube-to-matrix/take associations are not established. Historical rows remain inherited archive evidence.
No complete chart is present in the inherited archive. This is a listening-led study guide; confirm a reliable arrangement before a jam.
No chart key is asserted; choose and verify the key of the selected arrangement.
No qualifying new Django solo recreation was confirmed in this bounded search.
Jazz Backing Track - I Get A Kick Out Of YouEagleheart Jazz Channel3m36s · Video available when checked; creator-described attribution.Creator-provided play-along; instrumentation and feel vary by selection. Check the key and full arrangement before joining in; the guide chart may use another key.✓ Featured
"I Get A Kick Out Of You" (Backing Track And Play Along) - Cole PorterKlaus Bluetner3m43s · Video available when checked; creator-described attribution.Creator-provided play-along; instrumentation and feel vary by selection. Check the key and full arrangement before joining in; the guide chart may use another key.Select video
Gypsy Jazz style : Rêve Bohème - I get a kick out of you - Steamin' at Jazzcup.RevebohemeVideo available when checked; creator-described attribution.Performer attribution follows the video title and channel description. Proposed listening selection; no popularity ranking implied.✓ Featured
I Get A Kick Out Of You Jonny Hepbir Quartet UK & InternatioJason HensonVideo available when checked; creator-described attribution.Performer attribution follows the video title and channel description. Proposed listening selection; no popularity ranking implied.Select video
Johnny Rosenberg - I get a Kick out of youJohnny RosenbergVideo available when checked; creator-described attribution.Performer attribution follows the video title and channel description. Proposed listening selection; no popularity ranking implied.Select video